The phrase 'defining strength' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, you could write: "His unwavering determination and perseverance were defining strengths in his character."
One of rock and roll's defining strengths, it seems to me, is the way it steamrolls such English-lit hierarchies.
Just as the cybernetic Cylons on "Battlestar Galactica" have certain defining strengths and limitations, so the perfectly Freudian mortals on "Be'Tipul" — a shrink and his patients — come equipped with features (complexes, neuroses, hysteria) as much as full-fledged personalities.
Individually, these are defining strengths, but taken together they've created the illusion of a unified strategy where none exists.
"It all depends on how Russia defines strength, how it defines security.
In 2010 there was published fib Model Code which defines strength classes SFRC.
The jet grouted soils are very heterogeneous and thus the statistical methods normally used to define strength of artificial construction materials become extremely conservative.
By using genetic engineering to mix the modules in specific proportions, proteins with defined strength and elasticity can be designed, which have many potential medical and engineering uses.
How would you define strength?
